TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY 2025 ACADEMIC CORE CALENDARJANUARY 2025SMT

FEBRUARY 2025

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AUGUST 2025

SEPTEMBER 2025

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OCTOBER 2025
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Public Holidays

TUT contact days (excluding examination days) - year subjects

School term versus TUT term

Classes (Contact days)
FEC

School term

TUT term

Closing date for FECs
Predicate Day (Contact)

Actualnumber ofschool days

Actualnumber ofTUT daysDifference

TUT holiday/School holiday

Examination (Contact days for year modules/subjects in May/June)1

3/2 - 28/3

392

7/4 - 30/6

55

3

14/7 - 19/950

429/9 - 5/12

25

TOTAL

9475
169

TUT Academic Recess
Supplementary Examination (Contact days for year modules/subjects in May/June)

15/1 - 28/3

3/2 - 28/3

53

39

14

TUT contact days (excluding examination days) - semester subjects

PUB

Publication of Results

8/4 - 27/6

7/4 - 30/6

59

55

4

1

3/2 - 28/3

39LA

Late Applications

22/7 - 3/10

14/7 - 19/9

5450

427/4 - 23/530

LRLate Registration with penalty

13/10 - 10/12

29/9 - 5/124350

73

14/7 - 19/950

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Scheduled Registration

429/9 - 5/1225&Exit/Special Examination

209194TOTALPage 1 of 4TOTAL

6975
144

1 January 2025

New Year's Day

6 January 2025

* Non-academic staff reports for duty
* Preparation for late application process on all learning sites (all support departments must be available)* Processing of final NSC results

13 January 2025

* Academic staff reports for duty and finalisation of selections* Compilation of examiners and moderators lists (first and second semester and year modules/subjects - to be approved at first FCTL meeting)

13 January - 2 February 2025

Online registration

15 January 2025

Closing date for exit examinations applications (online and manually)

17 January 2025

* Closing date for submission of academic exclusion appeals* Last day for students to sign probation conditions contracts

20 - 24 January 2025

Late application process for programmes where there is still space available via online application system (no walk-ins)

24 January 2025

Final date for Faculty Academic Exclusion Appeal Committee meetings

27 January 2025

Online function will be open for residence registration

27 - 31 January 2025

Exit/special examination

29 January 2025

First-year students may start occupying residences after academic and residence registration* Closing date for applications for admission for research-based M and D programmes

31 January 2025

* Residences open for students to return after academic and residence registration* Closing date for examination enquiries, applications for re-mark, re-count and viewing of examination answer scripts (excluding specific block-based programmes)

2 February 2025

Closing date for registration* Start of first term of first semester

3 February 2025

* Commencement of classes

3 - 7 February 2025

Newcomer students report for orientation

11 February 2025
18 February 2025

Publication of exit/special examination results
Closing date for registration of students who wrote exit examination (without penalty)* Closing date for submission of hard bound copies for autumn graduation

28 February 2025

1 - 20 March 2025

* Closing date for application for autumn graduation ceremony* Last day that students can cancel (year and first semester modules/subjects and programmes without being liable for any percentage of the full tuition fee (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based Mand D programmes)
Cancellation of first semester modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes). Students liable for 60% of class fees.
Cancellation of year modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes) - Students liable for 30% of class fees

21 March 2025

Human Rights Day

21 March - 31 July 2025

Cancellation of first semester modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes). Students liable for 100% of class fees.

21 March - 3 August 2025

Cancellation of year modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes) - Students liable for 50% of class fees
End of first term of first semester

28 March 2025
31 March 2025

* Closing date for registration for research-based M and D programmes* Submission of soft bound copies for spring graduations

31 March - 4 April 2025

TUT recess

1 April 2025
7 April 2025
14 April 2025
18 April 2025
21 April 2025
27 April 2025
28 April 2025

Online application system for 2026 opens
Start of second term of first semester

1 May 2025

Submission of examination question papers for May/June examination
Good Friday
Family Day
Freedom Day
Public Holiday
Workers' Day

2 May 2025

TUT holiday

15 May 2025

Closing date for applications for admission for July 2025 intake (selected programmes)

19 May 2025

Predicate day for semester modules/subjects

19 - 23 May 2025

Confirmation of predicate marks

26 May -13 June 2025

Main examinations, year modules/subjects' classes continue

6 June 2025

Closing date for all selection cards of applications received for the closing date of 15 May 2025 to be returned to Enrolment Management and Planning

13 June 2025

Closing date for submission of non-theoretical modules/subjects' final marks

15 June 2025

Closing date for applications for admission for specific programmes for 2026

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16 June 2025
17 - 30 June 2025

Youth Day
Supplementary examinations for semester modules/subjects (year modules/subjects' classes continue)

30 June 2025

End of second term of first semester

1 - 11 July 2025

TUT recess

2 July 2025

Last day for FEC meetings

4 July 2025

Publication of final examination results

7 - 8 July 2025

Students to be excluded and informed by Student Services* Start of first term of second semester

14 July 2025

* Commencement of ALL classes* Online function will be open for all students to register for second semester and block 4 modules/subjects (until 1 August 2025)

14 July - 1 August 2025

* Senior and newcomer students report for orientation and registration according to the published schedule* Scheduled registration* Closing date for submission of academic exclusion appeals

25 July 2025* Last day for students to sign probation conditions contracts* Closing date for exit examinations applications (online and manually)* Closing date for applications for admission for specific programmes and ALL international applications for 2026

31 July 2025

* Closing date for submission of hard bound copies for spring graduations* Closing date for applications for admission for research-based M and D programmes (second semester and block 4 programmes)

1 August 2025

* Registration closing date
* Final date for Faculty Academic Exclusion Appeal Committee meetings

3 August 2025

Last day that students can cancel second semester modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes) without being liable for any percentage of the fulltuition fee

4 August 2025

Closing date for examination enquiries, applications for re-mark, re-count and viewing of examination answer scripts (excluding specific block-based programmes)

4 - 31 August 2025

Cancellation of second semester modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes). Students liable for 60% of class fees

4 August - 31 December 2025Cancellation of year modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes) - Students liable for 100% of class fees

8 August 2025

Closing date for registration of students whose appeals were successful (without penalty)

9 August 2025

National Women's Day

11 - 15 August 2025

Exit/special examination

26 August 2025

Publication of exit/special examination results

31 August 2025

Closing date for application for spring graduation ceremony

1 September - 31 December 2025

Cancellation of second semester modules/subjects and programmes (excluding specific block-based programmes and research-based M and D programmes). Students liable for 100% of class fees

2 September 2025

Closing date for registration of students who wrote special/exit examination (without penalty)

15 September 2025

Submission of examination question papers for the November/December examination

19 September 2025

End of first term of second semester

22 - 26 September 2025

TUT recess

24 September 2025

Heritage Day

29 September 2025

Start of second term of second semester* Closing date for all selection cards for applications received for the closing date of 15 June 2025 to be returned to Enrolment Management and Planning

30 September 2025

* Closing date for applications for admission for January 2026 (excluding international applications and specified programmes)* Closing date for registration for research-based M and D programmes (second semester and block 4 programmes)

27 October 2025

Predicate day

27 - 31 October 2025

Confirmation of predicate marks
Closing date for submission of soft bound copies for autumn graduation

31 October 2025
3 - 21 November 2025
21 November 2025
24 November - 5 December 2025

Main examination
Closing date for submission of non-theoretical modules/subjects' final marks

1 December 2025

Supplementary examination
All selection cards for applications received for the closing date of 30 September 2025 to be returned to Enrolment Management and Planning

5 December 2025

End of second term of second semester

6 December 2025

Residences close for December recess

10 December 2025

Last day for FEC meetings

12 December 2025

* Closing day for academic activities* Publication of final examination results

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12 - 18 December 2025

Students to be excluded and informed by Student Services

15 December 2025

TUT holiday

16 December 2025

Day of Reconciliation

18 December 2025

Closing day for non-academic activities

25 December 2025

Christmas Day

26 December 2025

Day of Goodwill

23 January 2026

Closing date for examination enquiries, applications for re-mark, re-count and viewing of examination answer scripts (excluding specific block-based programmes)

Last update (CORRECTION): 26 AUGUST 2024
Approved by Senate (Round Robin): 5 AUGUST 2024

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